Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks (8CD box set)

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J. S. BACH / ELGAR / DVORAK / TCHAIKOVSKY / HAYDN / SCHUMANN
Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks (8CD box set)
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) / various accompaniments

[ Sony Classical / 8 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Monday 1 April 2013

"The CD gives an absolutely truthful projection of a cello image which in the concert hall can seem too reticent, but here is perfectly balanced with the orchestra."
(Gramophone on the Lalo / Saint-Saens)

Yo-Yo Ma is one of the world's best-selling classicans. As Yo-Yo Ma continues to expand his musical boundaries, his audience grows. He has successfully stepped beyond the tradional classical musical world into the mainstream.

Tracks:

Cd 1 :
Vivaldi :
Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor
Largo from "Winter" Cello Concertos in B-flat major and in C minor Concerto for Viola d'amore and Lute (arr. for cello)
Aria arrangements by Ton Koopman

Cd 2 :
Boccherini : Cello Concerto No. 9 in B-flat major
J.Haydn: cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Cd 3 :
Schumann: Cello Concerto
Dvorak: Cello Concerto • Silent Woods • Rondo

Cd 4 :
Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No.1
Lalo: Cello Concerto
Walton: Cello Concerto

Cd 5 :
Elgar: Cello Concerto
Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1
Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations

Cd 6 :
J.S. Bach: Suites for Unaccompanied Cello Nos. 1, 3 & 5

Cd 7 :
Beethoven :
Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 3, 7 Variations on "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" 12 Variations on "Ein Madchen oder Weibchen"

Cd 8 :
Brahms : Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2
Schumann: Adagio and Allegro • 3 Fantasiestucke